quadriviousadj.

Brit.

/kwɒˈdrɪvɪəs/,

/kwəˈdrɪvɪəs/, U.S.

/kwɑˈdrɪviəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin quadrivium , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin quadrivium place where four ways meet (see quadrivium n.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier quadrivial adj.

Now rare.

Going or leading in four directions; (hence more generally) going in every direction.

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1832 F. Maceroni Defensive Instr. for People 43 By means of small galleries directed from the cellars of houses in the vicinity of any square or quadrivious spot..it will be very easy to..spring mines with considerable effect.

1860 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth III. 34 Denys..pretended to shoot them all dead: they fled quadrivious, shrieking.

1947 Geogr. Rev. 37 362 Even standing up one could not look over the reeds, and the channels were vague and quadrivious.

1963 E. Hudon Freedom Speech & Press 116 The quadrivious path that the test traveled in Dennis v. United States.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quadrivious
释义	quadriviousadj. Brit. /kwɒˈdrɪvɪəs/, /kwəˈdrɪvɪəs/, U.S. /kwɑˈdrɪviəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin quadrivium , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin quadrivium place where four ways meet (see quadrivium n.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier quadrivial adj. Now rare. Going or leading in four directions; (hence more generally) going in every direction. ΚΠ 1832 F. Maceroni Defensive Instr. for People 43 By means of small galleries directed from the cellars of houses in the vicinity of any square or quadrivious spot..it will be very easy to..spring mines with considerable effect. 1860 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth III. 34 Denys..pretended to shoot them all dead: they fled quadrivious, shrieking. 1947 Geogr. Rev. 37 362 Even standing up one could not look over the reeds, and the channels were vague and quadrivious. 1963 E. Hudon Freedom Speech & Press 116 The quadrivious path that the test traveled in Dennis v. United States. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1832
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